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On Earth
by Pacific Museum of Earth
There is a lot of diversity under the science umbrella and not all scientists wear lab coats. On Earth showcases the people behind the science — who they are, why they got into their field, with tidbits of advice for people considering a career in science. Daniel Gowryluk explores the unexpected & interesting sides of science through conversations with researchers and educators about their work On Earth & beyond!
Episodes
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On Earth with Anton Santos — Combined Major in Science
Anton Santos is a BSc candidate from the University of British Columbia in a Combined Major in Science comprised of life sciences, chemistry, and environmental science. His experiences working in STEAM education and science communication have inspired him to pursue a career in knowledge…
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On Earth with Spencer Goyette - Curatorial Assistant
Spencer Goyette is a curatorial assistant at the University of British Columbia (UBC) Herbarium in the Beaty Biodiversity Museum. He helps maintain the botanical collections for use by researchers and students at UBC and abroad. Spencer holds a BSc in Biology with a concentration in Ecology,...
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On Earth with Elisabeth Giroud Proeschel — Planetary Scientist
Sorry listeners, a few days late with this one — enjoy! Elisabeth (Ellie) is a Master student in Geophysics and a Planetary Scientist at the University of British Columbia (UBC), where she studies a landform unique to Mercury called hollows. She focuses on those occurring at impact craters and...
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On Earth with Chris Payne — Oceanographic Technician
Chris Payne is an oceanographic technician at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences. He helps people accomplish their research successfully both in the field and the lab. In addition to maintaining a wide variety of oceanographic and lab...
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On Earth with Fernanda Tomaselli — Environmental Communicator
Fernanda Tomaselli is a Lecturer at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Faculty of Forestry and the coordinator of UBC’s Land One program. She teaches first- and second-year courses related to conservation, climate change and sustainability. Her research about the green economy and...
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On Earth with Flavia Orrico — Project Manager for Experimente Cultura
Flavia Orrico is a project manager and content curator at the social project Experimente Cultura, based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In the last 2 years, her project has been connecting Brazilian students from the public school system and NGOs in Rio with museums and cultural and scientific...
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On Earth with Kirstin Brink - Adjunct Curator and Assistant Professor
Dr. Kirstin Brink is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Manitoba and Adjunct Curator of Fossil Vertebrates at the Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre in Morden, MB. She is a vertebrate palaeontologist interested in the evolution and development of...
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On Earth with Oladimeji Ayo Iwalaye - Biological Oceanographer
I am Oladimeji Ayo Iwalaye, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Professor Maite Maldonado’s laboratory in the Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver (BC, Canada), in collaboration with the PlasticLab at OceanWise...
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On Earth with Kallie Moore - Science Communicator
Kallie Moore is an enthusiastic paleontologist and science communicator. She is the Collections Manager, or ‘Fossil Librarian’, of the paleontology collection at the University of Montana and co-host the YouTube channel PBS Eons (youtube.com/eons). Her debut children's book, "Tales of the...
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On Earth with James Blewman - Geology Undergrad
At the time the podcast was recorded (November, 2022) James was a 4th year geology undergrad at UBC. James worked as a work-learn student in EOAS from Sept to December, 2022. As a student, James is heavily involved in his classes by asking lots of questions, running mineralogical & petrological...
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On Earth with Derek Tan - Manager of Exhibitions
Derek Tan is the Manager of Exhibitions at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum. He has worked in collections and on public engagement in museums as a multimedia designer, photographer, and illustrator. Derek studied biology and art history at UBC. His projects combine his scientific background with...
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On Earth with Madison Mancusa - Archaeologist
Madison is currently enrolled in her second year of the Masters of Archaeological Science program at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario. She is studying ancient bison mobility at Promontory Caves, Utah using strontium isotope analysis. Promontory is an exceptional opportunity to explore...
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On Earth with Lindsay Nelson - Earth Science Educational Field and Laboratory Coordinator
Lindsay is the Earth Science Educational Field and Laboratory Coordinator at the University of British Columbia (UBC). She recently joined the university, previously working as a field geologist in private industry. After spending many years in field camps across the Yukon, Northwest Territories,...
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On Earth with Dorian Drolet - Seismologist
I am a PhD student in geophysics in the seismology field. I am developing a novel automatic numerical approach to recover the rupture mechanisms of small earthquakes. The identification of rupture mechanisms of a large number of earthquakes is then used to identify potential hazardous faults and...
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On Earth with Brooke Hoppstock-Mattson - Environmental Geochemist
Brooke is an environmental geochemist that studies metal cycling by analyzing animal tissues and byproducts, known as biomonitors. By measuring lead isotopes and metal concentrations in biomonitors a more detailed picture of how metals move through the environment can be seen. Brooke works with...
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On Earth with Connor Heise - Materials Engineer
Connor Heise completed his Undergraduate degree in Materials Engineering at UBC in 2019. That same year he started a Masters of Applied Science in the same department under Dr. Edouard Asselin in the Hydrometallurgy Group. Connor's research focuses on variability in mineral electrochemistry,...
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On Earth with Anne-Martine Doucet - Environmental Scientist
Anne-Martine (Marti) Doucet is a Research Technician at the University of British Columbia currently working with the CarbMin laboratory supervised by Dr. Greg Dipple and Dr. Uli Mayer. Her research focuses on measuring and monitoring CO2 exchange at the sediment-atmosphere interface in natural…
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On Earth with Dante Lauretta - Cosmochemist
Dante Lauretta is a Regents Professor of Planetary Science and Cosmochemistry at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. He is an expert in near-Earth asteroid formation and evolution. He is the leader of NASA's OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return mission. OSIRIS-REx is the…
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On Earth with Davi De Ferreyro Monticelli - Ph.D. Student in Atmospheric Sciences
Davi holds a Bachelor's and Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES, Brazil), and is also an alumnus of the University of Auckland, New Zealand, where he studied for two semesters through the Sciences Without Borders program. At the...
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On Earth with Dave Daquioag - Research Technician
Dave Daquioag is a research technician for the Pacific Centre for Isotopic and Geochemical Research at the University of British Columbia where he assists students and researchers with isotopic analysis of their samples. His main tasks include the separation and purification of radiogenic…
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On Earth with Elise Legarth - Hydrometeorologist
Elise is a PhD student in Atmospheric Science at the University of British Columbia. Her research is in hydrometeorology and seeks to understand the relationships between extreme rainfall events, flooding and climate change. Specifically, her research aims to develop an improved methodology for...
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On Earth with Dr. Erik Eberhardt — Geological Engineer
Dr. Erik Eberhardt is a Professor of Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering in the Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of British Columbia, and the Director of their Geological Engineering program. He is a graduate of the University of Saskatchewan’s Geological...
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On Earth with Dr. Jim Evans - Mineralogist
Dr. Jim Evans is a mineralogist/physicist who is interested in the structure of minerals at the atomic level. He is an instructor in the Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences and the Integrated Science program at UBC. At EOAS he studies the crystal structures of unusual minerals…
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On Earth with Yulia Egorova - Biological Oceanographer
Yulia Egorova is a PhD student (majoring in Biological Oceanography) at the University of British Columbia (Department of EOAS). She completed her Bachelor’s Degree at Thompson Rivers University (TRU) in British Columbia, Canada, majoring in Environmental Chemistry. Prior to transferring to TRU,...
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On Earth with Ruth Moore - Geophysicist
Ruth is an MSc student in Geophysics at UBC, under the supervision of Dr Anaïs Orsi. She is looking at the changing climate of the Western Canadian Arctic, with a particular focus on the changes to the atmospheric water cycle. Understanding how the Arctic is changing is relevant to to our overall...
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On Earth with Dr. Brenda D'Acunha - Ecohydrologist and Biogeochemist
Brenda was born and raised in Lima, Peru, and has a Chemistry degree from the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru. She also has a MSc and PhD in Geological Sciences from the University of British Columbia. Her PhD research focused on comparing water and carbon fluxes from different biomes...
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On Earth with Dr. Michael Bostock - Seismologist
Michael Bostock is a professor of seismology in the Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of British Columbia (U.B.C.). He obtained his BSc (Applied Science) and M.Eng. at Queen's University in Kingston, PhD at the Australian National University. Prior to assuming...
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On Earth with Marghaleray Amini - Geochemist
Marghaleray Amini received a Master’s degree from the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz, Germany (2003), and a PhD from Geomar Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research in Kiel, Germany (2007), where she studied the chemical and isotopic compositions of marine hydrothermal systems. During her...
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On Earth with Oli Beeby - Media Designer
Oli Beeby is a current undergraduate student in UBC’s Bachelor of Media Studies program and professional museum nerd located in Vancouver, BC. Never able to pick just one interest, Oli’s passions range from dinosaurs to the 19th-century pre-Raphaelite movement, from life in marine ecosystems to...
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On Earth with Rhiana Elizabeth Henry - Mineralogist
Rhiana Elizabeth Henry is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of British Columbia, department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, within the Mineralogical Research Group led by Dr. Lee Groat. Her specialty is gemstone mineralogy. Her Ph.D research is on the crystal-chemistry of beryl. She...
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On Earth with Dr. Alice Chang - PCIGR Project Manager
Alice is an EOAS alumna, having obtained a BSc degree (Hon., First Class) when the department was called Geological Sciences, and a MSc degree when the department became Earth and Ocean Sciences. Her thesis projects involved the sedimentology and micropaleontology of diatomaceous marine sediments...
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On Earth with Ildiko Szabo - Ornithologist
After volunteering for several years, in 2012 I was hired as the Collections Curator of the Cowan Tetrapod Collection. Being the bird specialist at the BBM opens so many doors. From undergraduate involvement to participating in research projects with academics or government scientist my days and...
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On Earth with Lualawi Mareshet Admasu - Atmospheric Scientist
Lualawi Mareshet Admasu is a PhD student of Atmospheric Sciences working at University of British Columbia. Currently, he is investigating why the Arctic region warms faster than other parts of the world under global warming and its effects on weather systems. Most of his work involves analyzing...
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On Earth with Dr. Scott Blumenthal - Paleoecologist
Scott uses stable isotopes to study the evolution of mammals and terrestrial ecosystems, with a particular interest in human origins research in Africa. His research is focused on applying and developing isotopic proxies for investigating mammal diets, terrestrial vegetation, and climates in the...
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On Earth with Alexis Bahl - Oceanographer
A. Bahl is a Ph.D. candidate in the Earth, Oceanic, and Atmospheric Sciences Department at the University of British Columbia. Her dissertation, “An improved understanding of Salpa thompsoni diel vertical migration and its influence on Southern Ocean ecosystem structure and function” examines the...
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On Earth with Krystal Xiao - Economic Geology Student
On Earth with Krystal Xiao - Economic Geology Student by Pacific Museum of Earth
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On Earth with Farhad Bouzari - Economic Geologist
Farhad Bouzari is Research Associate at MDRU - Mineral Deposit Research Unit - at the University of British Columbia (UBC) where he conducts industry-sponsored research projects that focus on porphyry copper deposits and mineralogical and geochemical techniques in exploration targeting. He has...
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On Earth with Catriona Breasley - Mineralogist
Catriona Breasley is a first year PhD student at the University of British Columbia under the supervision of Dr Lee Groat. Her research focuses on the lithium mineralization, remobilization and metasomatism at the Tanco pegmatite, Manitoba. Before moving to Vancouver in September 2021, she...
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On Earth with Becca Beutel - Physical Oceanographer
Becca Beutel is a MSc student in Physical Oceanography at UBC, working with Dr. Susan Allen in the Mesoscale Ocean and Atmospheric Dynamics research group. She is looking into which water masses make up the flow into and out of the Salish Sea (the body of water between Vancouver Island and the BC...
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On Earth with Daniel Adria - Civil Engineer
Daniel Adria is a MASc student in Geological Engineering within the EOAS department at UBC, under Dr. Scott McDougall in the Geohazards Research Team. He is investigating tailings dam failures and their subsequent runout characteristics, to reduce uncertainties in risk assessments and emergency...
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On Earth with Sam Anderson - Geophysicist
Sam Anderson is a PhD candidate in geophysics working with Dr. Valentina Radic at the University of British Columbia. He is curious about the relationships between ice, water, and people. His research seeks to understand how community-scale water supplies in Western Canada will be shaped by…
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On Earth with Anthony Wilson - Climate Scientist
Anthony Wilson is a PhD student in climate science, currently working with Dr. Art Miller at the University of California San Diego - Scripps Institute of Oceanography. He is interested in climate variability and how heat fluxes from the mid latitudes will impact polar regions. Before joining...
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On Earth with Cara James - Geophysicist
Cara James is a new Geophysics PhD student within the EOAS department at UBC, investigating the fluid dynamics of particle clouds produced during deep-sea mining and modelling how they may impact ocean health. Cara moved to Vancouver in January 2022, having completed her undergraduate degree in...
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On Earth with Dr. Garry Clark - Glaciologist
Garry Clarke received his doctorate in physics in 1967 from the University of Toronto and is currently Emeritus Professor of Geophysics in the Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of British Columbia. His research speciality is glaciology and his particular...
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On Earth with Sheila Byers - Taxonomist and Marine Biologist
Sheila Byers is a marine biologist and Registered Professional Biologist in BC. Having worked at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum at UBC over the past seven years as a Museum Interpreter, she recently joined the BBM Marine Invertebrate Collection (curatorial) as a Museum Volunteer. Sheila is very...
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On Earth with Dr. Dominique Weis - Geochemist
Dominique Weis is a leader in the innovative use of trace elements and isotope geochemistry, and is widely respected “for the elegance, precision and impact of her geochemical studies of the Earth from large igneous provinces to the environment." Specifically, her research aims to (1) improve our...
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On Earth with Dr. Christian Schoof - Glaciologist
Christian earned his MPhys in Physics in 1998, his DPhil in Mathematics, 2002, and did a post-doctoral degree at UBC from 2002-2007. He’s been a teaching faculty member of UBC in glaciology since 2007. He specializes in understanding the physics of how a glacier moves, and is passionate about the...
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On Earth with Dr. Richard Ghail - Geologist
Richard Ghail is a Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences of the Royal Holloway University of London. Richard specializes in intra-plate tectonics on Earth and Venus uses radar interferometry (InSAR) to measure fault movements on exceedingly small scales of millimetres per year. He applies...
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On Earth with Dr. Corey Wall - Geochronologist
Corey Wall is the Facilities Manager and U-Pb geochronologist for the Pacific Centre for Isotopic and Geochemical Research, at the Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of British Columbia. He is interested in determining the age of rocks using minerals that can be...
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On Earth with Dr. Geoff Plumlee
Dr. Geoff Plumlee has been the USGS Chief Scientist and Senior Science Advisor to the USGS Director since January 2019. In this role, he provides strategic scientific vision and counsel to the USGS Director and other executive leaders on inter- and transdisciplinary USGS science research...
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There is a lot of diversity under the science umbrella and not all scientists wear lab coats. On Earth showcases the people behind the science — who they are, why they got into their field, with tidbits of advice for people considering a career in science. Daniel Gowryluk explores the unexpected & interesting sides of science through conversations with researchers and educators about their work On Earth & beyond!
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Pacific Museum of Earth
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